Supporting Brad Paisley, Lynyrd and Eight Years of Grandstand Concerts
The Canfield Fair has long been one of Northeast Ohio’s biggest annual live-event traditions.
For eight years, Forty Two has supported concert production at the Canfield Fair Grandstand in partnership with JAC Live, helping deliver the audio, lighting, video, staging, and technical systems behind major national touring artists.
For 2025, the tradition continued with Brad Paisley and Lynyrd taking the Grandstand stage.
Full Concert Production by Forty Two
Large fair concerts require more than equipment on a stage.
Production systems, Crew, logistics, site conditions, touring requirements, and audience experience all have to work together within a limited load-in and show schedule.
Forty Two’s production support at the Canfield Fair has included:
JBL VTX professional concert audio systems
Martin Professional production lighting
LED video walls
Professional camera systems and live video
Stage and production support
Technical Crew
Supporting event infrastructure
Each system is designed to work as part of one coordinated production environment.
Audio, Lighting and Video for the Grandstand
A large outdoor grandstand presents unique production challenges.
Sound must reach the audience clearly and consistently. Lighting has to support both the artist and the scale of the venue. Video must help connect distant seats to what is happening on stage.
Forty Two combines professional audio, lighting, LED video, cameras, and technical direction to help create a consistent live experience throughout the Grandstand.
The goal is not simply to make the show louder or brighter.
It is to make the entire production work.
Built for National Touring Artists
The Canfield Fair Grandstand has hosted major artists across country, rock, and other genres, including Brad Paisley, Lynyrd, John Fogerty, Sam Hunt, Shinedown, Darius Rucker, Toby Keith, Justin Moore, Chris Young, John Mellencamp, and Reba McEntire.
Every touring production arrives with its own requirements.
That means the local production environment has to be scalable, dependable, and ready to integrate with visiting artists and touring Crew.
Forty Two provides the equipment, people, and technical support needed to make that transition work.
Eight Years of Production at the Canfield Fair
Long-term production relationships are built on consistency.
From load-in and system preparation through doors, show, and load-out, the expectation remains the same:
Be ready.
Solve problems before they become show problems.
Deliver every cue.
We are proud to continue supporting JAC Live and the Canfield Fair in bringing major live entertainment to the Mahoning Valley.
Concert and Festival Production by Forty Two
Forty Two provides full-service production for concerts, festivals, fairs, arenas, stadiums, and touring entertainment throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and beyond.
Our capabilities include:
Professional audio
Production lighting
LED video and cameras
Staging and rigging
Temporary power
Barricade and cable protection
Event infrastructure
Logistics and technical Crew
Whether you need us to produce the complete event or provide specific equipment and infrastructure, we build systems designed to perform under real show conditions.
Planning a concert, fair, festival, or large-scale live event?
Tell us what you need to accomplish.
Forty Two. We Do More.
